Rongotea School

Description

It was on March 28 1881 that the Rongotea School was first opened by its headmaster F Whitecombe. It was known as the Campbelltown School, the name being subsequently changed to Rongotea. On the opening day, the roll umber 11. A year later there were 58 pupils. The land for the school was cleared by W Hunt (two acres in all) and his son Warren, who was the first pupil enrolled at the school.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Sc 96

Date

circa 1909

Digitisation id

2014P_Sc96_007721

Held in

Coolstore